The evening world., 1887-12-05

while held by an assistant, and get all OF the
hackle SO IL hangs in q bunch over the fingers
make one clean cut right around and then
trim off evenly and fairly close. The sickle
feathers of the tail should be cut out close
to the rump, and the straight feathers neatly
docked, but should not be reduced more
than ~one-quarter their length. The feathers
on the saddle NAV be trimmed down one
half and the legs and stern clipped. The
wings should not be shortened much, and
A cock with well. pointed wing and feathers
will often blink" his adversary. The
weight Of O fighting cock is reduced from one
TO three ounces by q good cutter out, and q
Of an untrimmed one. Old cookers agree
that unless o bird has to be clipped close to
get him to his weight, it's better not to use
the scissors too freely, because the feathered
warrior will not be fit to 60 on q walk till late
in the spring.
Mr.. Louis Rubenstein, the famous Mon
treal figure skater, has written to Mr.. Gus
Walton, of this city, that he intends COM
peting at the New York meeting this year.
Admirers of amateur skating around
Greenwood Lake, N. j., have offered the use
Of the large hotel there for the use Ct con
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make this ice its headquarters this winter.
First class accommodations will be furnished
by Staten Island admirers Of the sport If
Silver Lake is selected.
Eugene C%omiskey, one of the latest addi-
tions to the sporting reporters ranks, has de-
cided to go over and see the Kilrain- Smith
prize-fght. He will sail on Wednesday.
They say there Is no sentiment among pu-
gilists, but Billy Edwards, to please o gentle
man now in California, is going down to
Rockaway Beach tomorrow to see Dempsey
and get him to put his autograph on q large
picture Of himself taken since he met Jack
Burke.
The New York Athletic Club is to give a
fencing entertainment ON next Saturday
evening. Prof. Senac and his assistant will
have bouts with some Of his pupils, while
others of the most advanced classes will try
their foils on each other. It is expected that
some clever amateurs from Philadelphia and
Boston Fencing Club and q pair from the
New York Turn Verein will also cross swords.
The Company B, Twenty-second Regiment,
tug-of war team expect to beat the team from
Company X, Second Connecticut, this year.
As The WORLD said right after the interna-
tional lightweight championship battle, each
man will get his money back. But q very
pretty question has been raised. The rules
say that the stakeholder shall, in case the ref.
cree has not been appointed, have power to
name the next time and place of battling.
Now, hasn't the stakeholder a right to as.
sumo that If Frank Stevenson won't act it's
| equivalent to no referee being appointed 2
| McAuliffe claims that the money can't be
| given to Carney unless - fairly won or lost by
q fight" He should read the remainder OF
Rule No. 29 20 in case of o p~ostponement
one of the principals shall be absent, when
the man in the ring shall be awarded the
stakes"
The Manhattan Athletic Club will have q
18O-pound and a 140-pound boxing competi.
ton, open to all amateurs, on Saturday
evening, Dec. 81. for handsome gold medals
panied by an entrance fee of 80 cents, ad.
dressed to 9. G. Hughes, Secretary, t24 Fifth
avenue.